The Sweet Hereafter | Suggested Reading

The Sweet Hereafter What Do I Read Next?

Banks's first critically acclaimed novel, Continental Drift (1985), is considered by many to be his most approachable novel. It is the story of Bob Dubois, who wants to create a better life for himself. In telling the story, Banks demonstrates how individual lives are deeply affected by unseen forces, such as the drifting of the continents.

Pete Dexter's National Book Award-winning Paris Trout (1988) is the tragic story of the murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American girl in a small southern town. Dexter shows how this horrifying event affects the community and local race relations.

William Faulkner's acclaimed As I Lay Dying (1930) uses the same narrative techniques that Banks uses in The Sweet Hereafter. It is the story of a poor southern family on a journey to take their mother's body to be buried.

Robert Niemi's Russell Banks (1997) is an installment in the Twayne's...
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